TABLE-Foreign brokers set to buy Japan stocks for 40th straight day

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Foreign brokers were set to buy Japanese stocks for a 40th straight session, according to pre-market orders placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Thursday. Japanese Stocks: BUY 21.5 million shares SELL 11.7 million shares ------------------------------------------------------ BUY 9.8 million shares